Latest Fact-checks in Afghanistan Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.” Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC News: “We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.” Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan. Charlie Kirk stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment: Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.” Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in on social media: The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan." Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan. Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters. Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.” Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion. Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.” X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots: Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.” Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: A list of 11 names are “Marines that gave their lives this week for everyone in this country. There is no media for them, not even a mention of their names.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals." Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East." Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin: "We’re already bombing seven countries." Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Jack Reed stated on January 20, 2016 in a letter: "It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Richard Clarke stated on April 26, 2015 in a panel on ABC "This Week": Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)." Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001." Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
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Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.” Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC News: “We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.” Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan. Charlie Kirk stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment: Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.” Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in on social media: The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan." Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan. Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters. Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.” Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion. Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.” X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots: Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.” Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: A list of 11 names are “Marines that gave their lives this week for everyone in this country. There is no media for them, not even a mention of their names.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals." Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East." Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin: "We’re already bombing seven countries." Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Jack Reed stated on January 20, 2016 in a letter: "It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Richard Clarke stated on April 26, 2015 in a panel on ABC "This Week": Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)." Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001." Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic
Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”
Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC News: “We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.”
Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan.
Charlie Kirk stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment: Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in on social media: The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."
Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.
Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.”
Mark Pocan stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter: Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots: Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”
Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: A list of 11 names are “Marines that gave their lives this week for everyone in this country. There is no media for them, not even a mention of their names.”
Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 in a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin: "We’re already bombing seven countries."
Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
Jack Reed stated on January 20, 2016 in a letter: "It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press": The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."
Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
Richard Clarke stated on April 26, 2015 in a panel on ABC "This Week": Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
